Fleet Dispatcher
Listed on 2026-01-02
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Transportation
Transportation Logistics, Fleet Manager
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. Be among the first 25 applicants. This role supports our growing transportation operations across Sparta and Chippewa Falls, ensuring feed deliveries are timely, efficient, and aligned with production and customer needs.
Star Blends is looking for a detail‑driven and highly organized Fleet Dispatcher to support our transportation operations. The role plays a critical part in ensuring feed deliveries are timely, efficient, safe, and aligned with production and customer needs. You’ll help optimize routes, support drivers, coordinate logistics, and keep our operations running smoothly every day.
What a Day In Life Looks Like- Schedule, dispatch, and monitor trucks and drivers to ensure on‑time deliveries
- Communicate daily load assignments, routes, and instructions to drivers
- Adjust dispatch plans based on weather, customer changes, production needs or equipment issues
- Track mileage, fuel usage, trip details, and delivery confirmations
- Optimize routes for cost, mileage, and efficiency, seeking backhaul opportunities
- Coordinate incoming and outgoing loads with Production and Purchasing
- Manage logistics for direct‑ship orders and 3rd‑party carriers
- Conduct regular driver check‑ins, provide coaching, and support performance development
- Travel several times per month between Sparta and Chippewa Falls for on‑site alignment
- Participate in safety meetings, leadership sessions, and cross‑functional planning
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in transportation/logistics
- 4–6 years of transportation, logistics, or dispatch experience
- Supervisory or operational leadership experience
- Strong knowledge of DOT, FMCSA, and safety regulations
- Excellent communication, leadership, and conflict‑resolution abilities
- Highly organized, self‑motivated, and capable of managing multiple priorities
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and dispatch/fleet management software (Samsara a plus)
- Strong troubleshooting, route‑planning, and problem‑solving skills
- Basic understanding of truck maintenance
- Valid driver’s license
- Preferred:
Experience in agriculture, bulk feed hauling, 3rd‑party logistics, and routing optimization tools
- Competitive pay
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Paid time off and holidays
- Retirement plan with company match
- Opportunities for career growth and leadership development
- A collaborative, supportive team committed to safety and operational excellence
Star Blends is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type:
Full‑time
Job function:
Other;
Industries:
Dairy Product Manufacturing
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